Sangrur, July 15 -- Announced three years ago, the work on the state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence for Onion has finally commenced in Sangrur. Officials said that the work, which started this month, is expected to be completed in nine months.

The Rs.9.97-crore Indo-Dutch project, which is aimed at encouraging crop diversification, experienced delays because the project site could not be finalised earlier, said Hardeep Singh, deputy director of horticulture in Sangrur.

Initially planned for Kheri village, just 6 km from Sangrur city, the project has now been relocated to Chural Kalan village in the Lehragaga block, which is around 60 km from the city. Officials said the shift was necessitated due to the plan to construct a government m...